Loma Linda, CaliforniaDecember 1957

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Summary

On December 3, 1957, a civilian in Loma Linda, California reported seeing two round objects about the size of basketballs. The objects were bluish white with small white dots at one end. The sighting lasted 2 to 3 minutes. One object was noted as a bright light directly over Loma Linda. The object moved very slowly toward the north and appeared to move toward Cajon Pass north of San Bernardino before disappearing. The Air Force concluded the sighting was possibly a weather balloon or aircraft.

Reported location

Loma Linda, California

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 3 December 1957
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank], GMT 03/1110Z
5. PHOTOS: X No
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 2-3 minutes
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: The objects were round, size of basketball, bluish white, with trail. Small white dots appeared at end of object.

2. LOCATION: Loma Linda, California
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Air-Ground-Visual
6. SOURCE: Civilian
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: two
9. COURSE: not given

12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkbox] Unknown
11. COMMENTS: Possible a/c sighting.

ATIG FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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